SHOPS, DEPARTMENT STORES, EATERIESUpdate!
Daimaru, Matsuzakaya - Daimaru and Matsuzakaya department stores nationwide have reopened with shortened hours.
Seibu, Sogo - All Seibu and Sogo department s…

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Patlabor began way back in 1988 as a comic set in the near-future where the police battle crime using giant robots.
Like their animated predecessors, the protagonists of the live-action Patlabor pilo…

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One man’s pleasure is another’s pricey poison, as otaku says going to a hostess bar is just paying for stress.
While the outfits may be revealing and the conversations sprinkled with innuendo, techni…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 13:02 | All, Japan, CoronavirusJapan approved Tuesday a polymerase chain reaction coronavirus test using saliva, which is much safer and easier compared to the currently dom…

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the facade of the new museum, which re-opened on May 26, 2020Opened in 1933, the Kyoto Enthronement Memorial Museum of Art would go on to survive a world war and multiple natural disasters to become …

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However, the setting of My Neighbor Totoro does have a specific real-life inspiration.
A local resident, a man in his 40s, had been feeding stray cats in the forest when he found a skeletonized human…

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TOKYO — During the last weeks of Hana Kimura’s life, a steady stream of hate washed over her social media accounts.
On Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, anonymous posters attacked her appearance, her …

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Screenshot : PlayStation Blog JapanKotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
On Twitter, the reaction among…

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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Just How Different Are Japanese Dialects From Each Other?
• Blizzcon Cancelled: Blizzard This Is Your Chance To Roll Back Overwatch 2…

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Without taking into account the history and diversity of the Japanese language, we cannot fully understand the context in which anime and other Japanese media is produced.
If you were to take a Japan…

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